Floating and spiky

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The illustration shows the computer model for cell adhesion in the hydrodynamic flow. It consists of a sphere with randomly distributed adhesion patches and a substrate with the relevant complementary partners. Credit: Max Planck Institute of Colloid ...
The illustration shows the computer model for cell adhesion in the hydrodynamic flow. It consists of a sphere with randomly distributed adhesion patches and a substrate with the relevant complementary partners. Credit: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

With the aid of complex computer simulations, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam and at the University of Heidelberg have discovered how the shape and distribution of certain sticky areas on the cell affect its adhesion in blood vessels.


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